Shade-roller bracket.



No. 696,568. PatentedApr. l, I902.

E. 'l-ixmsgn. SHADE ROLLER BRACKET.

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(No Model.)

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EMIL FREDERICK KAISER, OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

SHADE-ROLLER BRACKET.

SEECIEIOAI'ION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 696,568, dated April 1,1902. Application filed April 18,1901. Serial No. 56,404. (No model.)

To (LZZ 1071,0711 it may concern;

Be it known that I, EMIL FREDERICK.

KAISER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fresno, in thecounty of Fresno and State of California, have invented certain new and.useful Improvements in Shade-Roller Brackets; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The invention relates toshade-rollor brackets; and the object of theinvention is to im prove the construction shown and described in LettersPatent No. 667,945, granted to me February 12, 1901, whereby the cost ofmanufacture is reduced to a minimum without impairing the efficiency ofthe device.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the upper corner ofa window-frame, illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of thedevice removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View. Fig. 4 is a rearview showing the position of the bracket-arm when supportingashade-roller, the outer upper corner of said arm being shown engagedwith one of the teeth of the rack-bar against outward movement; and Fig.5 is a detail perspective View of the bracket-arm removed.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the base-plate, provided with a'longitudinal slot 2 and having its outer end offset, as shown at 3, andprovided with offset ears 4:, the ears and end being provided with holes5, through which screws or nails are adapted to be inserted to securethe base-plate in position and at the same time hold it spaced out aslight distance in advance of the window-frame, for a purposehereinafter described. The upper wall 6 of the longitudinal slot 2 is inthe form of a rackbar, and the outer end of the plate at the point ofdeflection of its offset end is provided with a vertical slot or opening7.

8 denotes a bracket having two arms 8 and 8 at right angles tooneanother, the apex of the angle being formed with oppositely-disposednotches 9 and the outer end of the arm 8 being formed with areduced neck10,which is provided with a T-shaped head 11, the length of which isgreater than the breadth of the longitudinal slot 2, while the width ofthe neck 10 is less than that of the said slot 2. The arm S of thebracket is provided with a convex pivot-hole 8 on its inner side toreceive the journal of the shade-roller. It is understood that one ofthese devices is socured to each of the upper corners of thewindow-frame in position to support the shaderoller in the usual manner.The bracket-arm 8 is engaged with the base-plate by matching the notchesof said arm with the vertical slot or opening 7 of the plate and thenslipping the arm sidewise into the longitudinal slot 2 of said plate,with the rear wall of the notched portion 9 of the bracket engaging therear face of the plate and the T-shaped head 11 engaging the forwardface of the plate. The bracket is adjusted to suit the length of theshade-roller used and automatically locks itself in adjusted position,for the weight of the shade-roller on the arm 8 tends to tilt said armaxially slightly, since the width of the neck 10 is less than the widthof the slot 2 in the'base-plate, and this movement throws the upperouter corner of the neck portion of said arm into one of the rack-teeth,as shown in Fig. 4.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, andadvantages of my invention will be readily understood without requiringa more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction maybe made within the scope of the invention without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- In a shade-roller bracket, the combination withthe supporting-plate having an offset end and formed with alongitudinalslot and with a vertical slot or opening at the outer end of thelongitudinal slot and at the junction of the offset end, one wall ofsaid slot being provided with a row of rack-teeth, of an angularbracket, the apex of which is formed with In testimony whereof I havehereunto set notches and one arm of which is provided with my hand inpresence of two subscribing wit- 10 a neck and with a T-shaped head,said neck nesses. being of less width than the Width of the longitudinalslot whereby the bracket-arm is per- FREDERICK KAISER mitted to tiltaxially and engage the raclcteeth Witnesses: aforesaid to lock thebracket-arm in longitn- G. WV. GARRETT, dinal adjustment, substantiallyas set forth. EDWARD L. HAMILTON.

